Re: How My Son\'s Insight May Have Saved Poker
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David,
Can't this be applied to BlackJack as well? Clearly, you cannot win at blackjack (sans card counting), but one player can lose money faster than another (hitting on 19 and such). I know here in CA, Blackjack is a game of skill, but we all know it's not a game you can beat longterm.
EDIT: I suppose this assumes that winning long-term is requisite for being a game of skill. To discount my own argument, you could introduce a game of poker with a 20% uncapped rake. No player in the world could beat it long term, but some players could lose faster than others.
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Whether you can win or not doesn't make it a game of skill or not. BJ could easily be +EV without counting if BJ pays 2/1 instead of 3/2. That doesn't change the skill equation. If you want a game with no skill try Baccarat. Pure luck.
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